In honor of Lois Ann Gregory-Wood’s approaching 50-year anniversary of service with , President Jim Neal and Honorary Member, Past President, and GLBTRT Councilor Ann K. Symons have proposed a new award to be given by the �������ϲʿ���app and administered by the Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR). The proposal was endorsed by the Executive Board at their 2017 Fall meeting and has the consent of Lois Ann GregoryWood. This proposal was presented to SSGC and reviewed by committee members. SSGC has voted to support this proposal and therefore we ask the Council to approve this proposal. (see )

As Lois Ann Gregory-Wood approaches 50 years of service with , it is appropriate for to honor her long years of service and her unstinting commitment to the organization we all care for. Lois Ann started at in 1968 working in a variety of units before moving to PLA. For the last 27+ years she has been the Council Secretariat responsible for the work of Council. For hundreds of Council members, past and present, she is the face of Council and governance. We are proposing “The Lois Ann Gregory-Wood Fellows” award as a conference scholarship program for mid-career members who are interested in governance to attend a full cycle of : a Midwinter and Annual Conference. This program will include a mentor component under the title: Lois Ann Gregory-Wood Supporter. This proposal was endorsed, in concept, by the Executive Board at their Fall 2017 meeting. We also have the consent of Lois Ann Gregory-Wood to proceed with this honor. Further, this proposal fits with the strategic initiative of the Neal presidency to use conference as a learning environment and use the wealth of experience of our members to help engage members into governance. The purpose of the award is to give members who have been working in libraries or who have been library trustees/friends an understanding of governance and to help them engage in the governance of the Association at any level and to ultimately to provide a larger pool of members who are interested in governance. This program gives a jump start by making possible attendance at major professional governance activities within .